The martyrs, and the fugitive, or, A narrative of the captivity, sufferings, and death of an African family, and the slavery and escape of their son
By: by S.H. Platt
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Slavery; Fiction; Slave trade; Fugitive slaves
Other titles: Martyrs, and the fugitive; Narrative of the captivity, sufferings, and death of an African family; North American slave narratives.
Description: A semi-fictionalized account of an African family sold by their countrymen into slavery, with descriptions of the slave trade, slave ships, slave markets, the general system of slavery in the United States, and, finally, the successful escape of one of the children.
Notes: Title from electronic title page (viewed August 18, 2003)

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Transcribed from: The martyrs, and the fugitive, or, A narrative of the captivity, sufferings, and death of an African family, and the slavery and escape of their son / by Rev. S.H. Platt. New York : Printed by Daniel Fanshaw, 1859. 95 p. "Published for the benefit of the fugitive."

Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation supported the electronic publication of this title.

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